Saturday in Baghdad
In the poor Baghdad suburb of Palestine, home to many Palestinian refugees, frightened residents gather in a hallway after an allied cluster bomb exploded near their apartments Saturday. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
April 5, 2003
An Iraqi man and woman, each holding a small bag of belongings, wait by the side of the road for transportation. Many Baghdad residents are leaving the city in anticipation of the arrival of coalition forces. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A U.S. Army uniform, found at Saddam International Airport, is displayed at the Palestine Hotel. Some residents stepped on the patch of the American flag. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
An Iraqi family awaits transportation as others walk away. Many Baghdad residents were fleeing the city Saturday, fearing violence with the expected arrival of allied forces. The black cloud hanging over the city came from fires intentionally set to hamper air attacks. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Residents in the Palestine suburb of Baghdad flee after allied aircraft dropped a cluster bomb on their neighborhood. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A car loaded with people heads out of town ahead of the allied advance into Baghdad. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Occupants of a home in Palestine try to sleep in the downstairs living room, instead of in their beds upstairs, after a cluster bomb exploded over their neighborhood the previous night, raining down hundreds of bomblets that blew holes through roofs and sent shrapnel in all directions. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A man in the Palestine area of Baghdad sleeps on the living room floor after a night of fighting that spread terror through the city. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
People gather at a major intersection in central Baghdad, trying to catch buses or other transport out of town. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A woman stands with her child outside the apartment building where she lives in the poor northern suburb of Palestine. Some residents fled their homes, but many had nowhere to go. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)